The time-concurrent or time-ordered effect of Population Heterogeneity and State Dependence on Cyberbullying: Assessing lagged auto-regression and crossed-lagged regression models

Although a growing body of research supports a link between low self-control, opportunity factors, and cyberbullying perpetration, relatively little longitudinal research exists that can untangle the temporal precedence of the relation. Also, few studies have sought to explain why such relationships exist. This study attempts to examine why prior offending behavior influences subsequent offending behavior by testing the hypothesized relationship...